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Show Leares It in Care of Mrs. Corey, Saying She Will Pieturn. INFANT IS BROUGHT ' FROM ST. LOUIS HERE Foster-Mother Almost Prostrated Pros-trated With Worry Over the Deception. Mra. Henrietta Corey, wife of J, L. Corey of Illinois, a former Salt Lnko newspaper man, is tho guest of her sister, sis-ter, Mrs. Charles Martin, at lijil .East Fourth South street. At the Martin homo is a pink and white bundle of femininity, safe and j warm and cooing, that, is a veritablo white olophanl to Mrs, Coroy and her relatives here. Lr. was dopositcd in Mrs. Corey's lap by a pretty, dark-eyed woman of seventeen or eightpon years in a Pullman car at St. Louis Tuesday afternoon as hor train was about to leave for Dcn.vur, with a request from tho slip of a girl to care for it. until she got her wraps. Glad to oblige the frustrated -appearing woman, 7lr.. Corey accepted the baby. The mot.hor did not return for tlio child before Ihe train left, and a search through the several coaches failed to discover her aboard. Mrs. Corey was forced to bring the little one to Salt Lake with her. Apparent' Ap-parent' it is a case of desertion. Unnatural Mother Prepossessing. Mrs. Core'v left her home at Benid. 111., for Salt Jjake Tuesdav morning. About noon she reached St.' Louis and boarded a Pullman for Donvcr. "While she was waiting for her train to leave a prepossessing young woman, not more than eighteen years, old, hurried lv en-Icred en-Icred the car and nervously asked Mrs. Corey if she would keep the child while she got her wraps and bundles. Mrs. Corey readily accopted the burden and the mother disappeared, not to return. Mrs. Corey became nervous when the train started and the mother failed lo return to claim hor child. She notified the conductor, and the entire train was searched closely, but tho mother could not be found. The desertion evidently was well planned, but not entir 'v heartless. Directly after the train liit, the child, which had ! u sleeping, awakened and uttered a u c little cry. Mrs. Corey uufolded tin- shawl in 'which it was wrapped, disclosing a bottle of milk. On its feet was a pair of woolen shoes, probably knit by the mother. Tts dress was simple, showing no sigus of wealth. Mrs. Corey. who is not a mother, devoted de-voted her entire attention to the child, and when Denver was reached she was I ill. so ill that she had to be removed from one train to another in an invalid's in-valid's chair. She obtained food for the child, however, aud decided to bring it on with her to Salt Lake, not knowing know-ing what else to do with it. The baby was warmed in sheets borrowed from t he train porter. Mrs. Corey hoped all along that, a message from a distracted mother might be awaiting her at Deu-j Deu-j ver, but her hopes were not fulfilled. ! Mrs. Corey Grows Worse. J For the remainder of the trip the in- j fa tit thrived, but Mrs. Corey grow i worse, becoming alarmingly ill from the strain. When she arrived here she was a nervous wreck, iler train was latr. getting here about 1 :'10 o'clock Frida' morning, aud Mr. Martin, who was lo meet her at the depot, missed her train. Obtaining a cab. Mrs. Corey, with the baby in her arms, was driven to tlio Martin home. When she opened the door Mrs. Martin Mar-tin almost shouted: "Whose baby is that 1" "I don't know. I have had it for three nights and days; please take It," was the almost inarticulate reply, and Mrs. Corey sank to the floor. Mrs. Corey was assisted to a bed and a physician was called. She was revived re-vived and rested well Friday. The physician phy-sician says she will be well in two or three days with rest and iuict. No Identification Marks. The motherless one is about three weeks old, it is believed, aud weighs only eight or ten pounds. There is not a mark upon its clothing by which its unnatural mother might be identified. Mr. Mnrtin called at t lie police station and explained the matter to the polico Friday morning. Fearful lhat the strain jo caring for the infant miuhl be too much for Mrs. Corey. Mrs. Martin took the iufant before the county commissioners commis-sioners Friday afternoon and explained ' the case to them. Pauper Clerk jiind- j berg immediately made arrangements to place the baby in the Day nursery. " I |